18.40.010. Building permit application requirements

From November 17, 1969, each application for a building permit for the construction of a dwelling or other main building shall contain a representation by the applicant as to the distance beneath ground level of the water table lying underneath the land on which the improvements are to be constructed or erected at the point of least difference between the ground level and the water table when the water table is at its annual high point.As a condition of the granting of a building permit the Building Official is authorized to require that the applicant shall conduct or have conducted in his behalf any reasonable test or tests to verify the water table information set forth in the application.Such test shall be at the expense of the applicant.